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gofasterstripes on "It's Friday! How stupid are you?"http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/its-friday-how-stupid-are-you/page/2#post-5310090
Fri, 06 Sep 2013 13:32:57 +0000gofasterstripes5310090@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/<p><strike>Duke of Edinburgh?</strike>
</p>brakes on "It's Friday! How stupid are you?"http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/its-friday-how-stupid-are-you/page/2#post-5310041
Fri, 06 Sep 2013 13:21:06 +0000brakes5310041@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/<p>this has reminded me how much I enjoy quick-fire maths puzzles, and IQ tests.<br />
I did some kind of national maths challenge at school where you got gold, silver or bronze awards. can anyone remember the name?
</p>toppers3933 on "It's Friday! How stupid are you?"http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/its-friday-how-stupid-are-you/page/2#post-5309953
Fri, 06 Sep 2013 13:01:15 +0000toppers39335309953@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/<p>Got to the end first time. Dancing vorderman, some blokes head with a robots body and some writing I couldn't read. It said maths ......?<br />
Quite good fun though.
</p>Tom_W1987 on "It's Friday! How stupid are you?"http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/its-friday-how-stupid-are-you/page/2#post-5309945
Fri, 06 Sep 2013 12:59:51 +0000Tom_W19875309945@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/<p><blockquote>I wouldn't mind knowing more, but the problem with moving on in the old maths game is that you lot ^^^^^ (you know who you are) keep putting letters where numbers should be and get all uppity when a numptie asks a question. Shame on you. Shame.</blockquote></p>
<p>Don't think of them as letters, think of them as symbols with meanings. It then becomes a lot easier, lots of people focus to much on "why is the freaky mathematician now putting letters into my mathematics.... I thought maths was about numbers....whaaaaa" As soon as you get over that and accept it, it becomes easier.</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mathematical_symbols" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mathematical_symbols</a></p>
<p>Khanacademy, is very very good for easing people into maths.
</p>gofasterstripes on "It's Friday! How stupid are you?"http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/its-friday-how-stupid-are-you/page/2#post-5309875
Fri, 06 Sep 2013 12:46:14 +0000gofasterstripes5309875@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/<p><img src="http://www.litmos.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/3.14-pie-small.jpg">
</p>thegreatape on "It's Friday! How stupid are you?"http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/its-friday-how-stupid-are-you/page/2#post-5309866
Fri, 06 Sep 2013 12:44:43 +0000thegreatape5309866@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/<p>Doesn't even work properly - I beat the orange stripe to the right hand edge of the screen every time and it just says I've died. What a retarded website.
</p>wrightyson on "It's Friday! How stupid are you?"http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/its-friday-how-stupid-are-you/page/2#post-5309853
Fri, 06 Sep 2013 12:42:10 +0000wrightyson5309853@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/<p>Incredibly stupid as I'm off out to watch the England match tonight...
</p>gofasterstripes on "It's Friday! How stupid are you?"http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/its-friday-how-stupid-are-you/page/2#post-5309850
Fri, 06 Sep 2013 12:41:37 +0000gofasterstripes5309850@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/<p>I sent my friend the Watch game - 5 minutes later he sent me this:</p>
<p><img src="http://i40.tinypic.com/55pl6e.jpg"></p>
<p>I am astounded....
</p>camo16 on "It's Friday! How stupid are you?"http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/its-friday-how-stupid-are-you/page/2#post-5309848
Fri, 06 Sep 2013 12:41:15 +0000camo165309848@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/<p><blockquote>Maths get's more interesting when you get beyond doing arithmetic using a basic scientific calculator Camo.</p>
<p>That was probably your problem at school, it probably wasn't challenging enough.</blockquote></p>
<p>Could be... </p>
<p>My Maths teacher was a sarky sod who delighted in our incomprehension and/or total lack of interest. </p>
<p>My most visceral response to his Venn obsession was something like...</p>
<p><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_j0pe-kdKmj4/TMLlrQhkwjI/AAAAAAAABSg/VLbyLdAFi98/s320/venn_diagram_example.gif"></p>
<p>I wouldn't mind knowing more, but the problem with moving on in the old maths game is that you lot ^^^^^ (you know who you are) keep putting letters where numbers should be and get all uppity when a numptie asks a question. Shame on you. Shame.</p>
<p>* Eats pie chart and deliberately drops crumbs all over de place *
</p>peterfile on "It's Friday! How stupid are you?"http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/its-friday-how-stupid-are-you/page/2#post-5309838
Fri, 06 Sep 2013 12:39:41 +0000peterfile5309838@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/<p>Completed.</p>
<p>Took me two attempts at 9 and 10 and I guessed one on 10 when i was running out of time!
</p>OrmanCheep on "It's Friday! How stupid are you?"http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/its-friday-how-stupid-are-you/page/2#post-5309832
Fri, 06 Sep 2013 12:38:56 +0000OrmanCheep5309832@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/<p>Work placement kid here (doing engineering) just completed the whole thing on his first go.<br />
He is due back at Cambridge in 3 weeks though, to finish the final year of his course.<br />
I fell at level 6.
</p>Tom_W1987 on "It's Friday! How stupid are you?"http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/its-friday-how-stupid-are-you#post-5309826
Fri, 06 Sep 2013 12:36:35 +0000Tom_W19875309826@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/<p>Maths get's more interesting when you get beyond doing arithmetic using a basic scientific calculator Camo.</p>
<p>That was probably your problem at school, it probably wasn't challenging enough.</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_beauty" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_beauty</a>
</p>martinhutch on "It's Friday! How stupid are you?"http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/its-friday-how-stupid-are-you#post-5309819
Fri, 06 Sep 2013 12:34:28 +0000martinhutch5309819@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/<p>No mate, go for a pie chart. Mmmmm.
</p>camo16 on "It's Friday! How stupid are you?"http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/its-friday-how-stupid-are-you#post-5309816
Fri, 06 Sep 2013 12:33:51 +0000camo165309816@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/<p><blockquote> In other words, teachers are bastards. </blockquote></p>
<p>Amen to that.</p>
<p>I was never bad at maths, just never all that interested... and it's a fundamental truth of modern life that a calculator will do most simple maths problems faster than I can and without wilting under pressure.</p>
<p>Still, got there in the end. Think I'll celebrate with a venn diagram or two.
</p>Tom_W1987 on "It's Friday! How stupid are you?"http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/its-friday-how-stupid-are-you#post-5309801
Fri, 06 Sep 2013 12:30:33 +0000Tom_W19875309801@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/<p>Awesome. Now get back to me when you've done an OU degree in mathematics. <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_mrgreen.gif" title=":mrgreen:" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p>
<p>Which is actually almost the story of my life. I was bad at maths at school (I was placed in the bottom set). Later on in life it turned out that I can do advanced mathematics with ease and a related subject has become my career path.</p>
<p>In other words, teachers are bastards.
</p>brakes on "It's Friday! How stupid are you?"http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/its-friday-how-stupid-are-you#post-5309789
Fri, 06 Sep 2013 12:27:16 +0000brakes5309789@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/<p><blockquote>did I spell it worng?</blockquote></p>
<p>no, we just had the same patronising thought
</p>camo16 on "It's Friday! How stupid are you?"http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/its-friday-how-stupid-are-you#post-5309781
Fri, 06 Sep 2013 12:25:54 +0000camo165309781@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/<p><strong>I ONLY WENT AND BLOODY DID IT.</strong></p>
<p>Hah!</p>
<p>In your face, simple maths under pressure.</p>
<p>* once it's explained it makes sense, sigh-guys! *
</p>The Pinkster on "It's Friday! How stupid are you?"http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/its-friday-how-stupid-are-you#post-5309770
Fri, 06 Sep 2013 12:23:49 +0000The Pinkster5309770@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/<p>Got to level 7 here, which is a bit of a disappointment.
</p>grum on "It's Friday! How stupid are you?"http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/its-friday-how-stupid-are-you#post-5309769
Fri, 06 Sep 2013 12:23:36 +0000grum5309769@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/<p>Level 7</p>
<p>I didn't have a clue what 2x+ meant either.
</p>gordimhor on "It's Friday! How stupid are you?"http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/its-friday-how-stupid-are-you#post-5309760
Fri, 06 Sep 2013 12:22:02 +0000gordimhor5309760@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/<p>Sadly I am very stupid:-(
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